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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1967 Ramparts Reveals GIA Control; Students And Government Talk The United States Cen tral Intelligence Agency (CIA) was described Wed nesday by Ramparts mag azine, as exerting so much control over the National Student Association (NSA) "that it treated NSA as an arm of United States for eign policy." The NSA has 1.300,000 members on 300 affiliated campuses. There has been some talk of the ASUN joining the organization but no action has been taken. Ramparts magazine stated that for ten years the CIA had used the NSA as an organization to gath er anti-Communist intell igence. It was charged by S a m Brown, a Harvard divinity student who is chairman of the NSA's national super visory board, that NSA of ficials were put under "fantastic pressures" not to reveal the association's CIA link. However, past presidents of the NSA said Saturday that association officials were not "trapped" into working for the CIA. One former president said "It is preposterous to say we were coerced into taking the money. Most people thought it was a good idea, because it gave us the ability to carry out the goals of the organiza tion." W. Dennis Shaul, pres ident of NSA in 1962-63, said that the revulsion felt by NSA officers towards the CIA link resulted from diminished Cold War ten sions. Other factors named by Shaul were the disclosures of the CIA's secret activ ities and the increasing op position of college students to the Federal government and its institutions. CIA Discovered In a story by the Colleg iate Press Service (CPS) it was stated that the story broke as a result of a full page advertisement for the Tiemaim Jump From Page 1, Col. 7 former Gov. Frank Morrison sin December, Hardin told 'Morrison and Tiemann that ithe University "could begin to slip and slip rapidly" with out significant increased sup port from the state. The Chancellor also com mented at the hearings that University tuition should be "kept at as low a level as possible." When the Regents unveiled the operating budget p r o oosals last September, Re gent cenjamin ureenDurg saia the budget was designed to allow the University to "catch-up and keep-up" de ficient programs. The increased aid asked in the operating budget repre- People To People Cuts Number Of Committees, Outlines Activities A streamlined organiza tion and more informal ac tivities were among the changes formulated at the People-to-People board meeting Sunday, according to Pam Kot, the new presi dent. "This year we hope to in corporate more students than ever into the pro gram," she said. "The pur pose of People - to - People (PTP) is to help foreign students adjust to the uni versity environment but we would like to see more American students involv ed also." "The program cannot be effective without meaning ful interrelation ships between foreign and American students," she added. "In order to make PTP more efficient we have made it more compact," Miss Kot continued. "There will only be three commit tees this semester social, publicity, and student-to-student." "Also, we've added inter national g t u d e n t s to the PTB Board as co-chairmen of two committees," she added. "The co-chairman of th.e social committee will be Juan Bidart and the co chairman of the Student-to-Student committee will be Robbie Maniktala." Miss Kot noted that the main event of PTP this se mester will be the Interna March issue of Ramparts magazine in Tuesday's New York Times and Washington Post. The author of the article, which claimed to disclose CIA infiltration of student g r o u p s is Michael Wood, who was fired as an NSA staff member last Septem ber. In a statement Tuesday afternoon, NSA confirmed a financial connection with the CIA, and the State Department admitted the twelve-year association at a press conference. Ramparts magazine stated that NSA staff mem bers would report to t h e CIA on international stu dent leaders that they met abroad. This helped the CIA in evaluating the political ten dencies of prospective pol itical leaders in critical areas of the w o r 1 d," ac cording to Ramparts. For this information, the CIA was reported to have contributed hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to the NSA and provided draft deferments for its staff members. In the CPS release the NSA's statement regard ing the relationship was: "The relationship appar ently originiated because the CIA believed that a strong American national union of students acting in ternationally was in the na tional interest. "The funds from the CIA supported a number of pro jects, assisting student groups abroad and par tially supporting the staff necessary to maintain con tinuing contact with student organizations in other countries." The statement continued, by saying that in 1965 the officers of NSA were "intol erable, and inconsistent with the ideal of an open, democratic student organi zation." The statement concluded To State sents a 91.48 per cent in crease over the 1965-67 ap proriation. The University has been forced to ask the Legislature for a supplemental appropri ation to make up for low funds this biennium. The bill dealing with the request, LB440, is pending in the Uni cameral. In announcing the budget figures, Greenburg asserted the University "has reached a moment of truth and crisis." The Regents cited burgeon ing enrollments, doubled in the past seven years, in creased competition for qual itv faculty and increased needs of the state as primary reasons for the funds asked. Part of the University's budget proposal outlined the tional Buffet to be held April 16. "It will be simi lar to the one held last fall." she said. "Sometime this semester we will begin a survey into the possibilities of housing foreign students from other countries in fraternities and sororities as guests." Miss Kot continued. "We hope to establish a weekly coffee hour in one of the church student cen Than IovtmI nttm appb o all etailfle dvtrtWnf la tbm Dallr Nebra.ai Mandard rat of e av word and tnlnunum enara ( Wo ar elaaainnd InaarllM. Parmnat lor thru adi win fall lata two catefnrtu: 1 adi rnnnlai tow (haa an wxt la auroraalna mail be paid fur twtlora Inaertloa. m ada runnlna far nor. ttaaa ana nk will b paid weekly. Ta plane a elamlfled adrertlaemrnl tall (he fJahreralrr el Nebraeka at 47)4711 and aek for the llallr Nebraakaa allien ar ootne la Rnem (1 la the Nebraeka linlim. The elaMlfled edvertlalnt- manatera maintain t:N to 1:N baalaeea kaara. 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President Johnson, Wed nesday, ordered a review of any government activ ities "which might endan ger the integrity and inde pendence" of America's ed ucational institutions. In Congress, Sen. Ralph Yarborough (Dem., Tex.) presented a bill which would provide financing for travel to international youth conferences by selected students. Keys For Seniors Are Working Out Fine The senior key system appears to be working out well in houses and dorms involved. "If things continue to go as well with the system, it may be expanded to in clude 21 year old juniors," stated Carol Bischoff, sen ior key chairman. The key committee is now in the process of com piling evaluation sheets for the chairmen, seniors in volved in the program, house mothers and resi dence directors. The questionaires will probably go out in a few weeks through the H o u s e of Representatives. Housemothers, and res idence directors appear to be very much in favor of Requests development of a comprehen sive engineering research center at the University. Saturday Tiemann reinter rated campaign promises he had made concerning the de velopment of a research cap acity in the state. He told a gathering of Re gents scholarship winners that Nebraska is "desperately in need of a research center or industry will continue to by pass us." Tiemann told the high school seniros "We are in the process of wrcstUng with, and bterally wrestling with, the University budget." He said he hopes the Leg islature will produce a budget "that will carve for education al institutions in Nebraska a niche in academic history." ters on the campus," she said. "It will have an in formal atmosphere and stu dents will be able to come and go as they please." "This spring, the Student-to-Student committee will coirespond with foreign stu dents that plan to attend the university next fall," Miss Kot added. 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As a result of the d i s closure of the CIA's in volvement with the NSA, an American exchange stu dent was called out of Po land just before the in volvement was made pub lic. Roger Pulver was attend ing the University of Kra kow when NSA cabled him to attend an emergency meeting in London. "If they had learned we were backed by the CIA, they would have put Roger in jail and thrown away the key," according to Rog er Cutner, an NSA official. the system. Mrs. Oda Shep ard, Chi Omega house mother feels that the sys tem is "working out j u s t fine." Girls are coming in at 1 or 1:15 a.m. just so they don't have to rush back, she added. According to Mrs. Margo LeRoy, Delta G a m ma housemother, the keys are an added convenience dur ing the week. As the doors are locked at 11 p.m., a girl won't have to sit up in order to admit a senior who has 12 midnight hours. Many girls are checking our keys ex pressly for this purpose. Kappa Alpha T h e t a housemother, Mrs. Dwain Williams agrees that the senior key system is work ing out "very well." She does feel, however, that all seniors involved in the sys tem should be 21. and is relieved that all her sen iors are of age. Mrs. Williams stated that the average time the girls are returning is between 1:30 and 2 a.m. Mrs. Virginia Gallamore, housemother of Love Me morial Hall, feels that the senior key system is n o t necessary in her living unit as there are only three sen iors. The system has not been abused, she added. In general, the system does not appear to be abused in any living unit, and the girls are coming in "at a reasonable hour," added one housemother. Cllonii Will Sneak. At Unicorn Meet Bill Steen, owner of the Heroic Bookstore, will be the featured speaker at the UNICORN meeting at 7 p.m. Monday in the Nebras ka Union. Steen will speak on his philosophy and the prob lems he has had with city and county officials in open itg his book store. 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The new chairman and assistants of East Union are: recreation, Kathy Rid dle, chairman, and Ken Snyder, assistant; public re lations, Gary M c C o r d, chairman, and Nancy Oli ver, assistant; campus life. Jo McDowell, chairman and Gene Thomas, assistant; fine arts, Jane Hardessen, chairman and Jim Paulson, assistant: special events. Ann Smiley, chairman and Loren Hansen, assistant. New officers of Cornhusk er Co-op are: Joe Stehlik, president; Tom Pesek. vice president; Leroy Schoen, secretary; Ron Reitz. trea surer; Dale Carstensen, steward; Daryl Gerke, cor responding secretary; Don Cordes, ICC member at large; Dale Michels and Lynn Vara, historians; Tom Bors. sehol Bors, scholastic chairman. Sale Now In V Over 5,000 Different Paperbacks All Only Nebraska Book Store 1135 R Street Lincoln, Nebraska 1 Hr. Free Parking at 12th & Q A dlvlilon of Nebraiko Book Company, Inc. with affiliates In tot Anoelet, Seattle, Denver and Iowa City. Petitions, Rising Costs of Education Increased tuition and dor mitory rates brought ad verse student reaction at a number of universities as students continued to pro test the rising cost of higher education. More than 1,500 Univer sity of Colorado students signed a petition circulated by the Committee on Uni versity Tuition protesting a threatened increase in both in-state and out-of-state tui tion. The petition was circu lated among both faculty and students, according to the Colorado Daily. A representative to the state legislature had ar ranged to meet with the president of the Associated Students of the University of Colorado to consider the student protest. Students at the University of Utah have asked the Utah Legislature to remove the sales tax on textbooks. The Legislative Relations Committee formed by the student government plans to urge the legislature to amend a state law regulat ing tax exemptions on sales to government, religious and charitable organizations. The student's proposed amendment is based on the principle that education should not be taxed. Increased staff salaries Your Key To Entertainment Through Reading Progress is Each 77777, Limited Enrollment ... Pass-Fail Mistakes Due To Restrictions Only a few students who registered for courses un der the new pass-fail sys tem have not received them with the pass-fail privileges, according to Tom Van Vel son. registration systems analyst. "If a student knows he hasn't received the class under the pass-fail system and it was marked pass fail on his worksheet, he should come to room 111, Administration Building and see someone on the regis tration staff," Van Vel son said. "We will make the nec essary alterations so that it's right," he said. Although exact figures weren't available, he said the small number of errors was due to the restrictions that limit pass-fail enroll ment. 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Rockford, Illinois 61101 An Equal Opportunity Employar Page 3 The student could have either failed to indicate on his registration worksheet that he was taking the class under the new system or he could have failed to mark the P-F clearly on the sheet. The error also could have occured if the registration personnel failed to place the P-F symbol on the student's class punch card. "Many times, the cards of students registered un der the system would go to key-punch operators who failed to make a separate punch in the card indicat ing the student was regis tered with pass or fail privi leges," said Irma Laase, as sistant registrar. Van Velson added that although the tuition state ments would not indicate the student's pass or fail courses, the pre-registra-tion worksheet and the classrom instructor's stu dent roster would contain that information. 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